The Found & Funded Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In the Season 3 finale of the Found & Funded Podcast, Carl Lundberg is joined by Jo Cockburn and Sandy Farmer, co-founding partners of Orca Equity Partners. Orca is an entrepreneurial investment firm backing the next generation of CEO talent to acquire and grow established SMEs across the UK and Europe. Its approach spans traditional search funds, self-funded acquisitions, management buy-ins and roll-up strategies – all centred on bringing together high-quality entreprene...

Send us Fan Mail What does the future of entrepreneurship through acquisition look like? For the Season 3 finale of Found & Funded, Carl Lundberg sits down with Jo Cockburn and Sandy Farmer, Co-Founding partners at Orca Equity Partners, to explore the opportunities shaping the next generation of business ownership. From the rise of search capital, to the qualities that separate good acquisition entrepreneurs from exceptional ones, this episode offers practical insights from two investors ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Found & Funded Podcast, we’re joined by Jan Simon, an investor, academic, and all-round leading voice in the global search fund industry. To say Jan has a diverse background is something of an understatement. From time in elite military units to senior roles at global investment banks, and from trading emerging markets to shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs in the classroom, his career spans multiple disciplines, industries, and continents...

Send us Fan Mail Jan Simon has spent his career leading, investing, teaching, and helping entrepreneurs succeed. In this episode of Found & Funded, he shares his perspective on: - What investors look for in search fund entrepreneurs - The biggest mistakes searchers make - Untapped opportunities in today's market - The realities of becoming a CEO for the first time If you're interested in search funds or entrepreneurship through acquisition, you won't want to miss this one. LinkedIn ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Found & Funded Podcast, host Carl Lundberg is joined by Ben Marcilhacy, CEO of HMDG. Born and raised in France, Ben’s career has taken him from Google to Harvard’s MBA programme, tech startups, and now, entrepreneurship through acquisition. After initially looking at a buy-and-build strategy in the physiotherapy space, Ben shifted away from a roll-up model and towards acquiring a single business. That journey led him to HMDG, now one of the UK...